"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LG-S7V : 12 April 2016), James W Donnel in household of Amos Donnel, Ohio, United States; citing p. 6, family 42, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,763.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S2-BZB : 16 July 2017), James Donnel in household of Amos Donnel, Scott, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 109C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,063.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: